Chinese firms now dominate the Asian legal market, at least by number of lawyers. In 2017, 27 out of the 50 largest Asia-Pacific law firms by head count came from China, and the top 50 chart looks only slightly different when we include U.S. and European firms’ Asia-Pacific offices—26 Chinese firms are on that list.
In 2017, the 50 largest law firms based in Asia-Pacific countries comprised 56,739 lawyers in total, a 20 percent increase from 2016’s 47,130. Twelve firms from China, plus Ashurst, reported a head count of more than 1,000 lawyers globally.
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